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RALEIGH — Onslow County’s Cason Justice was named the Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year for 2026 at an award ceremony held at the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary last Friday. […]

The Word: Escaping Sodom

“Run for your lives! Do not stop anywhere in the plain. Do not look back! Escape to the mountain, or you will die!” Genesis 19:17 This is still the gospel message. We are in danger […]

China has taken significant steps to restrict flavored vape products
STACK: If China restricts these products at home, why are they flooding our communities?

May 3, 2026

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with President Xi, much of the conversation will center on tariffs, trade deficits and global competition. But there is another issue, one far closer to home for millions [...]
Carolina dominated to take the opening game of its second round series
Stankoven scores twice, Andersen posts shutout in Hurricanes’ Game 1 win over Flyers

May 3, 2026

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes, despite a weeklong break, picked up where they left off in Round 1 of the playoffs. So did Logan Stankoven. The Carolina center scored his fifth and sixth goals of the [...]
Carolina drafted defensive line and receiver help in the early rounds
Panthers add OT in 1st round

May 2, 2026

The Carolina Panthers’ mantra is “Keep pounding.” Ironically, first-round draft pick Monroe Freeling is going to need to take another attempt or two before he’s got it perfected. The Georgia offensive tackle was asked what [...]
Virginia Evans, Susan Choi among 6 Women’s Prize for Fiction finalists

May 2, 2026

LONDON — Four debut novelists are among six books on a U.S.-dominated list of finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, which is open to female English-language writers from any country. American authors take [...]
Comparable or higher percentages of Democrats expressed doubts about the legitimacy of Trump’s 2016 win compared to Republican doubts about 2020.
ELDER: On CNN, Democrat ‘election deniers’ get a pass

May 2, 2026

CNN’s Jake Tapper recently denounced Trump administration judicial nominees because, at their confirmation hearing, they refused to say “yes” when asked, “Did Biden win the 2020 election?” Instead, the nominees replied, “Biden was CERTIFIED as [...]

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UNC Faculty Council issues resolutions on withheld SCiLL report

May 3, 2026 Comments Off

RALEIGH — The UNC Chapel Hill Faculty Council issued two resolutions regarding the 400-page report being withheld on the investigation conducted on the School of Civic Life and Leadership during its April 17 meeting. In […]

Former Wolfpack star drafted in first round by Browns

May 3, 2026 Comments Off

Former NC State receiver and Charlotte native KC Concepcion saw his dream come true on Thursday, as he was drafted in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft last week by the Cleveland Browns. […]

Smith confident Charlotte FC can regain momentum

May 3, 2026 Comments Off

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte FC’s promising start to the 2026 MLS season has recently given way to turbulence, but third-year coach Dean Smith remains steadfast in his belief that his club can regain its footing. After […]

Smith confident Charlotte FC can regain momentum

Stankoven scores twice, Andersen posts shutout in Hurricanes’ Game 1 win over Flyers

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes, despite a weeklong break, picked up where they left off in Round 1 of the playoffs. So did Logan Stankoven. The Carolina center scored his fifth and sixth goals of the […]

Panthers add OT in 1st round

The Carolina Panthers’ mantra is “Keep pounding.” Ironically, first-round draft pick Monroe Freeling is going to need to take another attempt or two before he’s got it perfected. The Georgia offensive tackle was asked what […]

Category 5: Hurricanes, Flyers set for first playoff meeting

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes open their second round series Saturday against the Flyers at Lenovo Center, ending a weeklong break after sweeping the Senators to open the postseason. 1. The series will be a reunion […]

France steps down as NASCAR’s chief executive officer

Talladega, Ala. — NASCAR majority owner Jim France is stepping down as chief executive and will be replaced by president Steve O’Donnell. France will remain as NASCAR’s chairman and his majority ownership stake will not […]

Charlotte Checkers prepared for eighth straight postseason appearance

The 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs kicked off this week, with 23 American Hockey League teams aiming to be the last team standing. One of those teams is situated right here in North Carolina in the […]

Seussical Jr.” delivers laughs, talented youth to community theater

GREENSBORO — On its own, “community theater” still gets boxed in — local casts, familiar scripts, small stages. There’s some truth there, but it misses the larger point. Getting onstage takes guts and a level […]

Pay Z: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani still earning rap music royalties, tax filings show

April 27, 2026

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career as a multilingual rapper, tax filings show. But the 34-year-old Democrat’s meteoric rise as a celebrity politician has […]

The Word: The first Christians

April 26, 2026

“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 The lives of the converts were so different from their unbelieving neighbors, that they were called Christians. It is supposed that the name was […]

Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Sade, Oasis, Wu-Tang, Luther Vandross get into Rock Hall

April 26, 2026

NEW YORK — Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with first-time nominees Wu-Tang Clan and […]

New discovery solves Shakespeare’s London house location mystery

April 25, 2026

LONDON — Fans of William Shakespeare know that the great playwright came from Stratford-upon-Avon, the riverside English town where tourists still throng to see his childhood home. But he made his name in London — […]

The stream: Charlize Theron, ‘Marty Supreme,’ Kehlani, Kate Hudson, Lainey Wilson

April 24, 2026

Timothée Chalamet starring as a ping-pong master in “Marty Supreme” and a Netflix comedy competition show hosted by Kevin Hart are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near […]

SHAPIRO: AI data centers: the new populist target

There’s a growing impulse in American politics to blame the free market — and the technologies it produces — for every bout of economic indigestion, as if a shadowy cabal of innovators is deliberately dismantling […]

MATTHEWS: On Rep. Cunningham’s ‘adios’ to the NC Democratic Party

For the second time in three years, a North Carolina Democratic state lawmaker has decided to change parties, and, as was the case when Rep. Tricia Cotham did it in April 2023, this one packed […]

HILL: Constant redistricting can ruin American representative democracy